On 25 August 1916 the US Congress established the National Park Service (NPS) which functions to manage National Parks throughout the nation.
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The Palm Islands on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are the three largest man-made islands being built, their development started in June 2001.
CERCLA gives the EPA the authority to intervene in order to clean up sites that are or could be potentially hazardous to the environment or public.
Linda Weintraub introduces eco-art strategies, genres, issues, and, approaches.
Boyan Slat combines environmentalism, creativity, and technology to tackle global issues of sustainability and pollution.
This book documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns.
The seamount Lōʻihi showed significant seismic activity in the form of an earthquake swarm; over 4,000 earthquakes occurred during less than a month, so far a singular activity.
“Frankenstorm” Hurricane Sandy falls over New York City, becoming the United States’ second costliest hurricane.
Discovered as an insecticide by Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller in 1939, DDT is used to fight typhus and malaria during WWII; it is approved for public insecticide use by the FDA in 1945.
When the oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on 24 March 1989, it releases 41.6 million tons of crude oil along the coast of Alaska. The spill causes enormous damage to local ecosystems and wildlife.